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What’s New & Updated August 23, 2021
August 23, 2021
Just details on the first limited edition in quite a while today. It’s not much but it is significant.
Devoted, SST Limited Edition photos
August 17, 2021
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What’s New & Updated August 9, 2021
August 9, 2021
Apologies for skipping last week but the day job was just bonkers and I had no energy left for anything else.
- Odd Hours publication date fixed in Appendix H (Thanks D. Brown!)
- Putting the Heart in the Work: Close-up on Dean Koontz to Appendix B
- Quicksilver cover and updated release date
- Quentin Tarintono on The Funhouse
The Book of Vaughn
August 9, 2021
There’s a Kickstarter for The Book of Vaughn, a forthcoming documentary on Vaughn Bodē. No word on whether Dean’s involved (I’d put money on not) but it should definitely be worth your support.
Quicksilver cover, description, and release date update
August 4, 2021
Amazon is now listing a release date of January 25, 2022. They’ve also provided a cover image and story description…
#1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz takes a surprising and exhilarating road trip with a man in pursuit of his strange past―mile by frightening mile.
Quinn Quicksilver was born a mystery―abandoned at three days old on a desert highway in Arizona. Raised in an orphanage, never knowing his parents, Quinn had a happy if unexceptional life. Until the day of “strange magnetism.” It compelled him to drive out to the middle of nowhere. It helped him find a coin worth a lot of money. And it practically saved his life when two government agents showed up in the diner in pursuit of him. Now Quinn is on the run from those agents and who knows what else, fleeing for his life.
During a shoot-out at a forlorn dude ranch, he finally meets his destined companions: Bridget Rainking, a beauty as gifted in foresight as she is with firearms, and her grandpa Sparky, a romance novelist with an unusual past. Bridget knows what it’s like to be Quinn. She’s hunted, too. The only way to stay alive is to keep moving.
Barreling through the Sonoran Desert, the formidable trio is impelled by that same inexplicable magnetism toward the inevitable. With every deeply disturbing mile, something sinister is in the rearview―an enemy that is more than a match for Quinn. Even as he discovers within himself resources that are every bit as scary.
Source: Amazon.com
What’s New & Updated July 26, 2021
July 26, 2021
Finally added a few of the early Locus issues missing from my collection. This allowed me to clarify two previous entries for some early published letters from Dean.
- From the Desk of Dean: My Summer Pastimes and Your Next Summer Read
- Dean Koontz Writes
- “Readers of Locus should be aware…” (Replaced a pervious entry titled “re: the ‘mutilation’ of ‘Unseen Warriors'”
- “When I reported on the mutilation of my story…” (Replaces a previous entry titles “re: The editorial quality on ‘Shambolain'”)
What’s New & Updated July 19, 2021
July 19, 2021
Getting back into the swing of things with just one small update and one interesting bit from a very early issue of Locus. Watch for two much more significant items from other early Locus issues next week.
- Locus #67 to “Altarboy”
- Updated Appendix H to include Nameless Season 2
Bookish with Sandra Tsing Loh, Lisa See, Peggy Orenstein and Dean Koontz
July 12, 2021
Happy 76th Birthday Dean
July 9, 2021
Quicksilver synopsis
July 3, 2021
Amazon.com has posted the synopsis for Quicksilver.
#1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz takes a surprising and exhilarating road trip with a man in pursuit of his strange past―mile by frightening mile.
Quinn Quicksilver was born a mystery―abandoned at three days old on a desert highway in Arizona. Raised in an orphanage, never knowing his parents, Quinn had a happy if unexceptional life. Until the day of “strange magnetism.” It compelled him to drive out to the middle of nowhere. It helped him find a coin worth a lot of money. And it practically saved his life when two government agents showed up in the diner in pursuit of him. Now Quinn is on the run from those agents and who knows what else, fleeing for his life.
During a shoot-out at a forlorn dude ranch, he finally meets his destined companions: Bridget Rainking, a beauty as gifted in foresight as she is with firearms, and her grandpa Sparky, a romance novelist with an unusual past. Bridget knows what it’s like to be Quinn. She’s hunted, too. The only way to stay alive is to keep moving.
Barreling through the Sonoran Desert, the formidable trio is impelled by that same inexplicable magnetism toward the inevitable. With every deeply disturbing mile, something sinister is in the rearview―an enemy that is more than a match for Quinn. Even as he discovers within himself resources that are every bit as scary.
What’s New & Updated June 21, 2021
June 21, 2021
A previously unplanned road trip this past week along and another (planned one) this coming week results in me not having much to announce this week and no planned update next week. Here’s hoping my life starts to re-stabilize in July.
- Dark Harvest 1992 Preview to Shadowfires (DRK)
- Possible error in The Other Emily
“Mobile library vans”?
June 18, 2021
Speaking as a librarian of 25+ years, I can confirm we still call them “bookmobiles.”
What’s New & Updated June 14, 2021
June 14, 2021
I’m back. As you all should know by now the second and last season of Nameless was released last week. All the info on both the eBook and audiobook versions have been updated.
- چشم های تاریکی cover image to The Eyes of Darkness
- From the Desk of Dean: Nameless: Read Them in Order, They’re Scarier That Way
- From the Desk of Dean: The Killer Finale
- Nameless Season 2
- Nameless s02e01: The Lost Soul of the City
- Nameless s02e02: Gentle Is the Angel of Death
- Nameless s02e03: Kaleidoscope
- Nameless s02e04: Light Has Weight, but Darkness Does Not
- Nameless s02e05: Corkscrew
- Nameless s02e06: Zero In
1 week until Nameless: Season 2
June 4, 2021
The first Persian translation of a Dean Koontz novel
May 19, 2021
Announced back in mid 2020, چشم های تاریکی (The Eyes of Darkness) is Dean’s first Persian translation published in Iran. Yesterday I finally received a copy to add to my collection. As I suspected there seems to be a reason that this was the title that was chosen. Here’s a (Google) translation of the blurb on the back of the book:
We have to go back to 20 months ago. A Chinese scientist named Li Chen became infected in the United States when he had a diskette containing information about China’s biological and dangerous weapons in the last decade. They named it Wuhan 400 because it was taken out of Wuhan RDNA Laboratory and was the 400th hand-made microorganism in the research center. The Wuhan 400 was a perfect weapon. It only affected humans and was not transmitted by animals. Like syphilis, it does not survive outside the body for more than a minute, meaning it cannot permanently infect objects or places such as anthrax or other deadly microorganisms. With the death of Mizian, it was destroyed and could not survive at temperatures below 30 degrees Celsius. All this advantage in one weapon
It was interesting….
What’s New & Updated May 17, 2021
May 17, 2021
There was a plan for this week but then Dean released the titles of the next six Nameless stories and the next novel. So yeah, plans change.
- From the Desk of Dean: Be warned!
- Nameless Season Two Episode One: The Lost Soul of the City
- Nameless Season Two Episode Two: Gentle Is the Angel of Death
- Nameless Season Two Episode Three: Kaleidoscope
- Nameless Season Two Episode Four: Light Has Weight, but Darkness Does Not
- Nameless Season Two Episode Five: Corkscrew
- Nameless Season Two Episode Six: Zero In
- Quicksilver
- While He Was Sleeping by Chris Johnson to Appendix G
Also, I’ve got a completely off-line vacation coming up so there’s a good chance of no more announcement posts until early June.
Nameless Season Two Titles and Release Date
May 11, 2021
Titles and a June 10 release date for the eBook versions are up on Amazon. They are:
- Episode One: The Lost Soul of the City
- Episode Two: Gentle Is the Angel of Death
- Episode Three: Kaleidoscope
- Episode Four: Light Has Weight, but Darkness Does Not
- Episode Five: Corkscrew
- Episode Six: Zero In
No covers yet nor information on audio editions yet but I’m assuming they’ll be released on the same day.
Links above are to the Amazon.com pages. Guide entries will be added over the next few days.
What’s New & Updated May 10, 2021
May 10, 2021
Excuses, excuses. Basically this week was a combination of large projects at the day job, another writing project due in a few days, and my just not felling it. I’ve got a whole bunch on deck but no promises. In the meantime I did get a response from Barry Hoffman at Gauntlet Press about that CD. You can read the details at the link below.
- A little bit of detail on the CD that came with the lettered edition of Through Shattered Glass
What’s New & Updated May 3, 2021
May 3, 2021
It’s always a great week when I get to fill a hole in my collection, especially with a lettered edition.
- Through Shattered Glass lettered edition photo of and updated notes for “Dave Silva: Person of Mystery”
- 1973 Rock at the Crossroads by Andrew Grant Jackson to Demon Seed (Film)
A new suspense thriller about a murder who only strikes at raves…
May 2, 2021
